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Lasiopetalum longistamineum

Lasiopetalum longistamineum
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Lasiopetalum longistamineum commonly known as Mt Dangar velvet bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with branches densely covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs, egg-shaped leaves and crowded, woolly-hairy flowers.

Where it grows

This lasiopetalum grows in grassy woodland and dry rainforest and is restricted to the Gungal-Mount Dangar area between Merriwa and Muswellbrook in eastern New South Wales.

Other Lasiopetalum plants

Lasiopetalum adenotrichum · Lasiopetalum angustifolium · Slender Velvet Bush · Pink Velvet Bush · Lasiopetalum bracteatum · Lasiopetalum cardiophyllum · Lasiopetalum cenobium · Lasiopetalum compactum · Lasiopetalum cordifolium · Lasiopetalum dielsii · Coast Velvet Bush · Lasiopetalum drummondii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lasiopetalum longistamineum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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